Method apparatus, system, media, and signals for billing a sponsor of an object link in interactive sequenced media

摘要

A system for displaying interactive sequenced media is disclosed. The system includes a client display apparatus and a billing server, the client display apparatus and the billing server being in communication with a computer network. The client display apparatus includes a processor circuit operably configured to cause at least one dynamic object in the interactive sequenced media to be displayed, the dynamic object having an associated object link that follows said dynamic object. The client display apparatus processor circuit is also operably configured to cause a billing message to be transmitted over the computer network to the billing server in response to a user of the client display apparatus selecting the object link. The billing message includes a dynamic object identifier identifying the dynamic object. The billing server includes a processor circuit. The processor circuit is operably configured to receive the billing message from the client display apparatus and to associate a billing entry with a sponsor account associated with the dynamic object identifier to make a charge to the sponsor account as a result of the user selecting the object link.